46 results about "Marine species" patented technology

A method and system for the inland aquaculture of marine species using water from a saline aquifer having a heavy metals content within the acceptable limits of the EPA guidelines for drinking water. The aquifer is preferably the Coconino aquifer located in Arizona and New Mexico. The system can be used to culture microalgae, macroalgae, fish, shrimp and many other marine species. Nutrients and fertilizers can be added to the water to optimize culture conditions for particular species. Useful products can be isolated from the marine species or the cultured marine species can be harvested as useful products themselves.

An integrated multi-trophic aquaculture system (multico) for a primary species, preferably a carnivorous marine species with high market value, secondary, preferably an omnivorous species of medium market value and tertiary species, preferably a detrivorous species with high market value, combined with an unfolding system for the primary species to an open semi-intensive or extensive system, the multico system for the primary species is an intensive closed or semi-closed system. The secondary species is stocked in an intensive closed or semi-closed system, while the tertiary species is stocked in a semi-intensive or closed extensive or semi-closed system. The multico system of the primary species is in communication with the system of the secondary species, while the system of the secondary species is in communication with the system of the tertiary species.

The invention relates to a system for treating ship ballast water for removing marine species and pathogenic bacteria from the ballast water, belonging to the application field of marine environmental protection technology. The system comprises a pipeline for discharging the ballast water in and out of a ballast tank of a ship, a seawater pump arranged on the pipe line for feeding and discharging water for the ballast tank, a coarse filter and a fine filter for sieving and filtering seawater, a detection instrument, a control system, an oxygen cabin, a nitrogen cabin and a gas-liquid mixing unit for rapid deoxidization and oxygenation. During the loading process, the ballast water is deoxidized by the gas-liquid mixing unit to limit oxygen content of the ballast tank, thus greatly lowering survival rate of aquatic organisms from the ballast water, avoiding formation of ferric oxide or rust, and reducing corrosion degree on the ballast water tank; and during the unloading process, the ballast water is oxygenated by the gas-liquid mixing unit to destroy anaerobic microbes in seawater, thus avoiding adverse effects of deoxygenated water on the local aquatic organisms.

A method and apparatus for providing ballast water, cooling water, and/or auxiliary service water to a marine vessel is provided. The apparatus includes a plurality of pumps coupled to a docking facility. Each of the pumps collect water surrounding the docking facility and provides filtered water to the marine vessel as the vessel is moored. One or both of the docking facility and pumps may include a filtering device configured to prevent marine species from being entrained in the collected water.

The present invention provides an autonomous submersible device which can locate, intercept, control and/or gather various marine species. The submersible device includes an intelligence module which can detect, develop a plan to intercept or control the detected marine species, as well as capture the marine species. The submersible device may work alone or in combination with other submersible devices. In addition, the submersible device may be towed by a ship or be self-propelled. The submersible device may optionally include a communication system to communicate with a remotely located supervisory control system and/or the user. The submersible device also includes sensor equipment for detecting the marine species. The submersible device is controlled through the utilization of a plurality of moveable control surfaces, ballast tanks, or other control mechanisms commonly used by underwater submersibles. The intelligence module in each submersible device may communicate with the user and/or an information gathering and control system.

The present invention relates to a seawater quality reference prediction method based on a quantitative structure-activity relationship of metal and metalloid. According to the method, the toxic endpoint of unknown metal is predicted according to a quantitative relationship between the structural feature of metallic ions and the marine life acute toxic effect, and a risk concentration for protecting different proportions of marine life is analyzed and deduced in conjunction with sensitivity distribution of different species; and a QSAR metal toxicity prediction model is established by integrating metal physical and chemical structure parameters and toxic mechanisms of different marine life and is applied to prediction of an unknown seawater quality reference maximum concentration. The seawater acute reference prediction method based on the metal quantitative structure-activity relationship is based on the ecology principle; the system screens various marine species and takes the screened marine species as smallest biological prediction sets; and single-parameter toxicity prediction models are established separately, thereby improving the model precision and prediction ability.

The invention relates to the technical field of information processing of marine biodiversity, particularly to a rapid checking method and apparatus for marine organism survey data. The rapid checking method comprises the steps of classifying the marine organism survey data; performing completeness check, standardability check and accuracy check on each type of the classified marine organism survey data to generate a check result; and unifying the formats of the marine organism survey data, standardizing names of species, modifying error data, and improving data quality according to the check result, so as to supply high-quality data support for researching on the marine ecological environment state, and predicting on the marine ecological environment changing tendency. According to the embodiments of the rapid checking method and apparatus for the marine organism survey data disclosed by the invention, a unified and standard checking process and checking content are provided for the checking of the marine organism survey data; in addition, checking on the marine organism survey data is performed from the aspects of data completeness, standardability and accuracy; and particularly, rapid checking and batch modification on the names of marine species are realized, so that the check is more comprehensive, higher in accuracy and high in speed.

The invention relates to a novel biochemical efficient environmental protection disinfectant, which can be applied to sterilization and disinfection for various industries, various fields, various articles and various environments. The novel biochemical efficient environmental protection disinfectant is a chemical compound disinfectant with natural ingredients of natural marine species, and has the advantages of obvious additive effect, good sterilization and disinfection effects, efficient broad spectrum, safety and innocuity, no damages to sterilized articles, no pollution to the environment, good product performance, low price and convenient use, so the novel biochemical efficient environmental protection disinfectant can be widely popularized and applied and is an updated product for sterilization and disinfection currently.

A method and apparatus for a marine vessel water intake filtering system is described. The apparatus includes a filtering device adapted to couple to the marine vessel over a water intake port in the hull of the vessel. The filtering device lowers the flow velocity of the water on the incoming surface of the filter while maintaining a suitable flow to the intake port of the vessel. The filtering device prevents marine species of a certain size from becoming entrained in the water flow and entering the intake port, and provides for marine species that may be in the area of the intake do not become impinged on the filtering device as a result of intake water flow velocity.

The present invention mimics the natural process of oceanic upwelling wherein deep ocean water rises into the photic zone and provides a nutrient rich environment for phytoplankton, the beginning of the marine food chain. The power of waves is utilized to cause a down-flow of warm surface water though a plurality of conduits. A heat exchange process delivers warmth to the deep water which rises in a conduit due to a buoyancy that results from the warming. Deep ocean water that is rich in nutrients is brought into the photic zone to facilitate the primary production of marine life. The present invention can convert a non-fertile ocean environment into a fertile ocean environment. This fertile ocean environment can be used for aquaculture and to restore and also to enhance marine populations. The present invention vertically mixes ocean water which has a multitude of other advantages.